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Okay--I've had an ongoing stomach issue in my 5 year old Labrador Retriever. It's been going on for about 6 weeks now. Although I've been and continue to seek the assistance of my vet, I was wondering if anyone out there has had any similar issues that could be of help in the diagnosis process?

Here's an overview:

Symptoms began as vomiting and drooling; about 6 hours after eating (typically in the middle of the night) he would wake up gagging and want to go outside. Once outside he would try to vomit, which was typically unsuccessful. He would then eat grass until he would vomit successfully. Sometimes this would happen once--sometimes it would happen several times.

The first vet treatment was for a stomach ulcer and acid reflux, as well as a diet change to a gastro-friendly prescription food. This was successful. Once the medicine was finished, (the first meal without the medicine) he again became sick about 6 hours after eating. The vet decided maybe he did have a stomach ulcer and prescribed the medication again. This time, it was only helpful for the first several days, then he became sick on the medicine.

The doctor then decided to go off the ulcer and reflux medication. They decided to do an x-ray, which came back negative. They did a stool sample to check for parasites and blood work to check for abnormalities. They prescribed several gastro-intestinal health medicines as well as a vomiting medicine, and told us to continue the prescription food. This was successful for several days--

Then, he became sick on Monday morning, so they asked us to bring him in again. They performed another x-ray, this one showing extra gas in the stomach. This led to a barrium test, which came back all clear.

SO--the vet has decided there is something wrong due to the extra gas in the stomach but isn't quite sure how it's getting there/what the cause is? I'm hoping someone has some experience with a similar problem?

On a side note, he's always been a "gassy" dog and he's always "coughed" after drinking from his water dish.